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GPS Distance Helper
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Type: Mod
Mod category: Script
Tags: hud
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Dec 6, 2017 @ 5:19pm
Feb 15, 2018 @ 12:30pm
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GPS Distance Helper

Description
Description

This mod will add the distance from the player to the coords into the description field of the GPS entry on the GPS screen of the terminal. This is useful if you have a large list of GPS entries and you do not want to keep them all active on your HUD.

WARNING: THIS MOD WILL OVERWRITE THE DESCRIPTION FIELD OF ALL YOUR GPS ENTRIES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.


Chat Command - Closest Ore Deposit

This mod also features a chat command that will activate the nearest GPS by providing the Ore symbol in chat.

Example:

/Nearest Mg

The above would scan your GPS entries and activate the nearest coordinates with Magnesium. Your GPS naming would need to contain any of the following formatting to be picked up by this command:

Using Magnesium as an example:

Magnesium magnesium MAGNESIUM Mg, Mg- Mg/ MG, MG- MG/

This can be used with all Vanilla Ores (except stone, cause if you can't find that then there's no helping ya :P).

Here are the Ore symbol codes:

Ag Au Co Fe Ice Ni Mg Pt Si U


Chat Command - GPS Within Distance

This chat command can be used to enable all GPS entries (show on hud) within a specific distance. Example:

/DisplayGPSWithin 500

The above would enable all GPS coords that are within 500 meters of the player.


Chat Command - Show or Hide All GPS

These chat commands allow you to show or hide all GPS entries in your GPS list at once.

Hide All Entries:

/HideAllGPS

Show All Entries:

/ShowAllGPS


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45 Comments
ostlandr Mar 12 @ 3:50am 
THANK YOUI!!! I just realized the full potential of the voxel removal tool on the Concrete Tool for building roads. So, I need to survey the routes to calculate the correct slope. Going to be super important for railroads, too, if I'm going for hyperrealism (which I am.) Space? I have way too much engineering to do here "dirtside." Who has time to go to space? :-)
LarsonStole Dec 16, 2023 @ 2:18am 
For the past couple of days, this mod has been throwing critical errors. this happens with other mods included, or in an empty world where only this mod is included.
Cthulhu May 13, 2023 @ 6:51am 
why gps system is so buggy and heavy? every gps mods seem to have problem alteast for me, this crash my client randomly on use, not always, TEI version, loaded once, crashed once mid-game, and then CDT on startup; EZGPS seems more stable, it doesnt crash but from time to time after using chat commands the GPS tab in control panel glitch out, i cant edit/rename waypoints but i can still add and remove its; saving/reloading temporary fixes it
360Starkiller Feb 23, 2023 @ 12:43am 
I am getting critical error messages with this mod installed. I have found that it also affects Aqd's QoL packs causing them to also have critical errors. The only way to stop this is to remove all mods that are showing as having an error. I don't understand coding so can't suggest any other way to fix it but wanted to share that I am having problems
Tilleen Feb 6, 2023 @ 3:31am 
I have created a version of this mod here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2928639102
Tumor Apr 11, 2022 @ 9:33am 
Even the distance in description appears to only work sometimes, at least in MP.

@Sworddog, it can't simply do that because the description would constantly grow, as it'd just append the new distance to the existing description, which includes the previous distance.
Volnick Mar 25, 2022 @ 4:42am 
This mod worked perfectly before the last SE update. For finding the nearest ore, you need to follow the ore abbreviation with a comma, like /Nearest Fe,
Vrayl Nov 13, 2021 @ 7:07am 
This isn't working. The only thing it does is add the distance to the descriptions, but using Nearest or DisplayGPSWithin does nothing. All GPS markers stay off. So just FYI, this is only partially working.
akira Sep 25, 2021 @ 12:34pm 
As @Sworddog said. Plus, can't you just extract the description and paste it back after concatenate the value?
Sworddog Oct 28, 2020 @ 1:01pm 
Just wondering, why does it need to overwrite the descriptions? Couldn't it just calculate the distances when the commands are used? That way, the descriptions could still be used, and you don't need to update them constantly.